What is a discord server?

I see so many teams have this thing called a discord sever what is it?

It is a server on the social media site discord.

@Autofill said in #2:

It is a server on the social media site discord.
oh what does it do to a Lichess team?

you can have conversations on discord
some lichess teams have discord groups so you can talk there without having to pull up the private messages or type them in the chat i guess
i have no experience

@sAnDrAiSgOod said in #4:

you can have conversations on discord
some lichess teams have discord groups so you can talk there without having to pull up the private messages or type them in the chat i guess
i have no experience
huh

Here's the link to join Lichess Discord site. It's free. - :]

• https://discord.com/invite/lichess -

@Skittle-Head said in #6:

Here's the link to join Lichess Discord site. It's free. - :]

• discord.com/invite/lichess -
  ok

but I don't think I need it
I was just wondering what it was

@Skittle-Head said in #6:

Here's the link to join Lichess Discord site. It's free. - :]

• discord.com/invite/lichess -

I'm glad you posted that, save me chasing down the frisbee from MrPushwood.

It's the waitress you didn't tip .

Or a tennis player who blasts lousy music.